Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
25 May 2021 Bird-cherry Ermine 30 Larva Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD446820 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Approx. number in web. Sheltered lane. 30594.jpeg
12 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 30 Adult High Stand Plantation Cotehill NY4848 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Seen throughout the SW area of the plantation.
9 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 30 Adult Undermillbeck Common Bowness-on-Windermere SD421950 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick many
9 Jun 2023 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Roadside verge Laversdale NY476619 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown only had time to count 100 metres. sunny strong breeze
24 Jun 2021 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Hay meadow by Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY616217 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Many flying among the grasses in the meadow 31364.jpeg
21 Jun 2021 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould 18 00
18 Jun 2021 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY758087 VC69 Westmorland Anthony Marsh 31285.jpeg
27 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
23 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Troutdale Grange-in-Borrowdale NY262175 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett
21 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD416907 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
8 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Oxen Park Oxen Park SD3187 VC69 Westmorland Tony Moverley (Argent Minimum count
7 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 30 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD506932 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Approx. number. None there two days ago. 21 deg.C, full sun, (...)
24 Jun 2020 Chrysoteuchia culmella 30 Adult Sunbiggin Tarn Tebay NY674077 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Number represents abundant, disturbed from the grass. Cilia (...) 27027.jpeg
18 Jun 2016 Chrysoteuchia culmella 30 Adult Hutton Roof/Dalton Crag Burton-in-Kendal SD5577 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Chysoteuchia culmella, but probably not all this species. (...) 5655.jpeg
2 Aug 2021 Cinnabar 30 Larva Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD204686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17C. Overcast. 10.50-11.45. Circular walk.
18 Jun 2019 Common Heath 30 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
29 Apr 2019 Common Heath 30 Adult Walton Moss Brampton NY515673 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 May 2017 Common Heath 30 Adult Scaleby Moss Scaleby NY4263 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Abundant, with 30 counted during a traverse of the Moss.
23 Jun 2016 Common Heath 30 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD4481 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Approx number. Hot sunshine, strong breeze. 90 mins.
11 Jun 2014 Common Heath 30 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD428829 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
8 Jun 2022 Micropterix aruncella 30 Adult Kingmoor Sidings NR Carlisle NY38585767 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy At least 30 (mainly males) on the flowers and leaves of a Dog (...) 36220.jpeg
6 Jun 2023 Mullein 30 Larva Garden Burton-in-Kendal SD531760 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Mullein #new. Many caterpillars (30+) apparently in instars (...) 41519.jpeg
12 Jun 2016 Nemophora degeerella 30 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY282570 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Yellow-barred Longhorn. Two separate "swarms" flying at (...) 5579.jpeg
31 May 2017 Pyrausta ostrinalis 30 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Number of Pyrausta sp. estimated. Only identified one specimen (...) 9359.jpeg
30 Jul 2018 Silver Y 30 Adult Chamley Bank Oxen Park SD322900 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wainwright
6 Oct 2015 Silver Y 30 Adult Allonby Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion On Mustard along 1km of coastal path
1 Jun 2022 Speckled Yellow 30 Adult Newlands Beck embankment Thornthwaite NY237247 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Many flying in the afternoon. 36087.jpeg
12 Jun 2016 Unlisted 30 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY282570 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Yellow-barred Longhorn. Two separate "swarms" flying at (...) 5580.jpeg

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